zele

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“
I have a wonderful instinct about these things Pas trop de zele, my dear Simion Petrovitch," the governor remarked with a smile.

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  1. A genus of hymenopterous parasites, of the family Braconidæ, distinguished from Macrocentrus principally by having the abdomen inserted between the posterior coxæ. Ten North American and three European species have been described. They are parasitic upon small lepidopterous larvæ.

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  • Contrast Tallyrand's famous words of advice to one of his ambassador-designates - sur tout pas de zele ( 'above all, no zeal') - with the fiery slogan mongering of our politicians, and the shouting matches that are characteristic of our political and media discourses.
  • Surtout point de zele is not the saying of a cynic, but the conclusion of a sensible man; and the more deep our feeling is about any matter, the more occasion have we to be on our guard against zele in this particular respect. —  Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals
  • Mais s'il estoit si adroit et si zele, comment as-tu pu trouver le moyen de le faire exclure du nombre des deputez?" —  The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3
  • I have a wonderful instinct about these things Pas trop de zele, my dear Simion Petrovitch," the governor remarked with a smile. —  Virgin Soil
  • We had allwayes spyes of our side, which weare out of zele and obedience. —  Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson
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  1. New Latin (Curtis, 1831), said to be from Greek ζήλη, a female rival.
 

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